Seniors' & Super Seniors' LLC: Ric Pounders poundawg23@aol.com 850-497-2274 About Ric: Ric played country club tennis during high school in South Carolina but took a break from the game when he went off to college. In 2002, he filled in as the fourth man for a match at the Pensacola Athletic Center where he played racquetball and caught the tennis bug again. According to Ric, "They tolerated my play, perhaps because I always brought a cooler of beer, until my game began to improve. I enjoyed the competition and the social aspect so much that I became hooked on tennis and gave up racquetball."
An avid player since returning to the game in 2002, Ric has played on 35 USTA League teams over the past nine years, qualifying twice for USTA Florida League Regional Championships. A retired former banker and firm believer in what USTA has to offer, Ric works to grow USTA Florida Senior and Super Senior league play in the Pensacola area.
2010 Pensacola Men's 4.5 Team Wins Sectionals and advance to Nationals!... read more...
Eight Pensacola area men participated in the Clarence Chaffee Memorial Tennis Tournament last February 25-28, 2010 at Hidden Dunes Beach and Tennis Resort in Destin. ... (read more...)
Thirteen men and seven women from the greater Pensacola area participated in the 2010 Bluewater Bay Adult Championships (Designatd). The tournament featured play in the men's open, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 singles and doubles; women's 40 singles and doubles and open and 45 mixed doubles. ... (read more...)
2009 USTA-FL Annual Meeting - December 2009 - By Scott Harrison... (read more...)
Last week (November 16-22) Retsy Wilson of Pensacola traveled to Naples, FL to participate in the USTA National Women's Intersectional Team Championships as part of the Florida 65's team and they won the National Championships 3-2 over Southern California. ... (read more...)
Local pros, Michael & Krysta Edge, finished 2nd at the USTA National Husband/Wife Clay Court Championships this weekend. The tournament was held at the ATP Headquarters in Ponte Vedra, FL.
2009 USTA Regionals - Both the ladies and men did VERY well at the Regionals in Tallahassee. Many are headed to Daytona for Sectionals in August ... (read more...)
USTA FALL Combo Doubles League - USTA Combo Doubles is a league tennis format that combines ... (read more...)
Pensacola tennis players and fans who didn't come out to The Club on Friday and Saturday to watch the Women's 40-50 Clay Court Championships missed some world class tennis to the max. read more...
Local players Retsy Wilson, Craig Broome, Jackie Kasler, Jennifer Pfeifler and Will Neuner all had some great tennis in 3 recent USTA events: the USTA Women's 35-85 Clay Court Championships, the Raymond James Super Senior Grand Prix - USTA Cat. II Men's Tournament and the USTA Junior Spring Sectionals. read more...
Congratulations to Ray Cocuy's Men's 5.5 Combo Team for winning the USTA Florida Section Adult Championships this past weekend!!! Extra kudos to Rob Patterson and captain Ray Cocuy for making it through undefeated AND without ever dropping a single set! Visit the TP Photo Gallery to see more fun tennis pics from the championships in Daytona Beach.
Congratulations also to the following teams for qualifying to compete at Sectionals: Mary Day's Women's 8.5 Combo Team, and Terry Thrash's Men's 8.5 Combo Team! Great job!
Congratulations to the Pensacola Men and Ladies USTA 7.5 Combo Teams for being finalists in the 2008 Sectional Playoffs held in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 10 & 11, 2009. read more...
USTA - Scholarship and Incentive Awards: The USTA Serves - Foundation for Academics. Character. Excellence. offers several scholarship and incentive award programs for both college and grades 6-11. Click HERE for more info and applications.
Results for the 2008 USTA National Open Boys and Girls 16's Tennis Championships were held at
Roger Scott Tennis Center in Pensacola, Fl. from 11/27/08 through 11/30/08 with the Finals played on 12/01/08 ... see complete results ...
NOTE: There is also a Photo Album of the event available.
Quickstart Season Ender ... We'd like you to know what we learned about tennis during our first season playing QuickStart tennis in the Junior Team Tennis league at Roger Scott Tennis Center. We had a GREAT season and learned a lot! . (... read more)
Michael and Krysta Edge take 3rd at the USTA National Husband-Wife Clay Court Championship - Congratulations to Michael and Krysta Edge for their stellar 3rd place win in the USTA National Husband-Wife Clay Court Championship this past weekend in Vero Beach, FL. Michael is the Director of Tennis at Portofino Island Resort, and Krysta is the Head Pro at PCC. Their result at Nationals guarantees their year-end finish as the number one ranked husband and wife team. Pensacola is proud to have this dynamic duo as part of our team of teaching professionals!
Pensacola Women Take Second Adult National Championships
The women's team from Pensacola, Fla., representing the USTA Florida Section, finished second at the USTA League presented by Chrysler 2.5 Adult National Championships held at the Amanda & Stacy Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. (... read the full story)
Local USTA news - October 2008
Local Pensacola teams doing well at '08 USTA Nationals... (read more...)
Older News:
2008 Cancer Foundation and USTA Florida Section Foundation Raffle Fundraiser ... Limited number of tickets remaining ... raffle closes October 5th, 2008. ... (read more...)
Local USTA news - August 2008
Congrats to all participating teams at the FL Sectionals. (read more...)